[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: How much is safe?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

How Much Radiation is Safe
The site of an old nuclear work site in Queens raises questions about  
much acceptable exposure levels

John R. Emshwiller
Wall Street Journal
October 29, 2013

NEW YORK - On the block in Queens where Irving Avenue dead ends into  
a vacant lot and old railroad track, with a cemetery just beyond, the  
mechanics at Los Primos Auto spend their days working on cars while  
pedestrians from nearby apartments stop by a corner market for a  
little shopping. Across the street, an ice-making plant churns away.

All is normal, except for the radiation rising up from the ground.  
The contamination dates back to the 1940s and 1950s when a now- 
defunct company, called Wolff-Alport Chemical Corp, handled  
radioactive materials as part of its commercial operations as well as  
for sale to the country’s nuclear-weapons program. In the process,  
the company dumped some of its waste into the sewers and ground,  
according to government records. Federal and state officials, who are  
now trying to deal with the problem, say there is no imminent public- 
health threat.

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For the entire article, see
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-368034/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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